Tornadoes

1. Tornadoes By Calvin, Jessica, Julia and Sara

5. Fujita scale: • F0 – Light damage, branches off trees, etc. • F1 – Moderate damage, mobile homes overturned, moving cars off roads • F2 – Considerable damage, big trees uprooted, cars lifted • F3 – Severe damage, roofs and walls off well built houses, trains upturned • F4 – Devastating damage, bad-built buildings blown away, well-built houses flattened • F5 – Incredible damage, car-sized things blown around, etc.

6. Sources: • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_tornado_caused_the_most_damage&isLookUp=1#Q=what%20tornado%20caused%20the%20most%20damage%3F • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_biggest_Tornado_ever&isLookUp=1 • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_are_thunderstorms_and_tornadoes_related • http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado • http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tornado-profile/ • http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/climate/a_tornadoes.html • http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html • http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/tornado/forecast.html • http://www.sky-fire.tv/index.cgi/floods.htm • http://climate.umn.edu/doc/historical/tornadic.htm • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_tornadoes_change_earths_surface • http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01424/where_do_tornadoes_occur.htm • http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/28/us/tornado-deaths.html?ref=us • http://littlerock.about.com/cs/weather/ht/tornado.htm